The First ‘Ghostbusters’ Trailer Has Arrived, Complete With Library Ghost

The first trailer for the new Ghostbusters movie starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon is finally here.

The film's director and co-writer Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Spy) unveiled the trailer today (March 3) on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Per his own instructions: "When you watch the #GB16 trailer online today, if possible play it on big speakers or with a good pair of headphones. Crank it up, friends!" Okay then! Watch it above.

The trailer seems to indicate that it's more of a straightforward remake than we would've thought: A library ghost, the hearse, the intergroup dynamics (McKinnon plays the Egon Spengler figure, and may be our favorite so far). The 1984 original, helmed by Ivan Reitman, had more of a dry tone than the more slapstick approach evident in this first trailer — though that choice does play to Leslie Jones' strengths (or those we've seen on SNL so far).

It's been a year and a half since Feig announced he'd be co-writing and directing a reboot of the classic comedy, which starred Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd.

Despite the fact that every beloved entertainment property has gotten a reboot in Hollywood's current risk-averse/nostalgia-soaked climate (or will soon), the news that the leads would be female was enough to throw some fans — mostly male — into a tizzy, fanning themselves at the very notion and weeping for their destroyed childhoods. Will the trailer change hearts and minds? We'll find out this summer.